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Thank you note? No thanks. |
| Message Name: |
Say Thank you to Kindness |
| Date Posted: |
05/18/2006 |
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I am a university professor, and my department just concluded a few interviews for professor positions.
When one of our candidates sent thank you notes, I was stunned, and now I'm reading all about the importance of thank you notes as a follow-up to the interview.
I think this is ridiculous. We are forced to invite several candidates from all around the world to fly to Fresno to do their little dog and pony show for us, to try to convince us that they are the best candidate.
This is nothing less than pure humiliation for these people, I really feel their suffering. To thank us for it is just plain ingratiating, and to me it shows a complete disregard for one's own self-esteem. Let's be honest with ourselves and our job candidates: the interview process is a necessary evil that does not merit a thank-you from anyone who thinks highly of him/herself.
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| Message: |
I am a PhD in the academic job market, and understand what The_Professor means about campus interviews being "humiliating" "dog and pony" shows.
However, I do send thank you notes if people treated me nicely, if they showed interested in me as a professional as well as a person, and if the interview process as productive, not only for the potential employer but for me too.
Kindness is a charming aspect of professionalism, me thinks.
PhD_Angel
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